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Mar 23, 2004

"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Everyone has bad breaks, but everyone also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on." --Samuel Goldwyn

Recognizing Opportunities

When his parents weren't around, his teachers collected money to buy him clothes and pay his dental bills. And now he's coming back to return the favor. After Marcus Pimpleton graduated in 2002 with two degrees in music education, he had several teaching offers, but he chose to return to his own Denny Middle School, where 65 percent of the 800 students qualify for free or reduced lunch and more than half don't live with both parents. He could have left and never come back, but he’s returning to Denny to do for others what was done for him.